NERDS ARE SO HOT.

ESPECIALLY BATTLE-ROBOT-BUILDING NERDS.

When Bel accidentally reveals a talent for engineering at school, she's forced into joining the robotics club. Enter Mateo Luna, perfect on paper - captain of the football team and the robotics club - who recognizes Bel as a potential asset, even if they couldn't be more different. And as the nights of after-school work grow longer, Bel and Teo realize they've made more than just a combat-ready robot for the championship: they've made a connection themselves.

But with graduation approaching, their differences and what they want for their futures threatens what they've built together. Can they survive Nationals without breaking their robots - or their hearts?

Alexene Farol Follmuth is the globally bestselling, TikTok viral author of The Atlas Six, under her adult pseudonym Olivie Blake.